Is it a security breach?

[Magnus Therning]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:06:05PM +0000, Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>Something just happened and made me feel really insecure.
>
>I locked the screen while updating my computer with the update applet,
>when the update finished the screen was no longer locked. Is this
>possible? Maybe I am mistaken and this did not happen - that's why I'm
>not going to open a bug report on this.
>
>However if some of you could try this same procedure and check if it
>really does happen, it would mean that it is a major security breach.

Out of curiosity, what was updated? Was the screensaver updated?

/M

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